"After nearly a year of hard work the JNode team is proud to announce the release of JNode 0.2.5, the new intermediary development version of the JNode operating system. JNode is a free, open source Java technology base OS written fully in Java language (with a very small assembler nano-kernel). This release features OpenJDK integration, Java 6 support, substantially impoved consoles, experimental support for isolates and a large set of bug fixes and improvements to all parts of the system, including better memory mamagement and increased performance."

Alot of the performance issues could be resolved using a feature within the CPU to speed up execution. IIRC ARM for example created a CPU feature which improved java performance by a huge factor. I'm surprised that Intel/AMD hasn't jumped on the bandwagon - especially for the server space.

The argument is normally because they consume more power or that they add too much to an already bloated chip; but given how things have shrunk - I don't see the harm. I mean, there are things like XML accelerators, cryto off loading boards and tcp/ip off loading. A CPU that can process Java quicker would certainly be a benefit rather than a pointless addition.

This Java-FAST (or did you say something else meme is so old, people should think twice about uttering it as they give away their age. Now take your phone and load a 3D Java game and meditate on Java-FAST again.

I will not argue the meaning of the word slow, bot look around - many applications (MS Windows, OpenOffice, Adobe Reader, Gnome...) have non comparatively larger problems with loading. It is a technical issue, it can be solved, and it was solved for whom it mattered - check your mobile again.

And as I said in previous post that Horlveda deleted from the thread: Java is just fine.

On Windows or Linux, yes, it's slow as hell. But since JNode runs everything on the JVM, it would of course be already loaded at the time you even log in to the system. VM loading time will only increase boot time, not the time to start an application.

(Of course, pre-loading the JVM could be done on any other system too)

which hides itself the hardware would increase the competition between processor architectures. I hoped Microsoft dared to do this step with Windows Vista. But it has become a YAWN (Yet Another Windows Nt).